Elijah Hunt MILLS

(1776-1829)

Senate Years of Service:

1820-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1827

Party:

Federalist; Adams-Clay
Federalist; Adams

MILLS, Elijah Hunt,
(great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis
Lodge), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in
Chesterfield, Mass., December 1, 1776; educated by private tutors
and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1797;
studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Northampton; district attorney for Hampshire County; opened a law
school in Northampton in 1823; member, State house of
representatives 1811-1814; elected as a Federalist to the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819);
elected to the State house of representatives in 1819 and became
speaker in 1820; elected to the United States Senate in 1820 to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Prentiss Mellen;
reelected and served from June 12, 1820, to March 3, 1827;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection; retired from public life due
to ill health; died in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., on May
5, 1829; interment in Bridge Street Cemetery.

Bibliography

Dictionary of American Biography.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present